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[2] Central Park (1881) New York City: United States [1] Al-Masalla obelisk (a.k.a. Al Mataraiyyah obelisk) 20.40 m: Senusret I: 1971–1926 BC Heliopolis (in situ) Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis: Cairo: Egypt [1] Obelisk of Theodosius (a.k.a. Istanbul obelisk) 18.54 m (25.6 m with base) Thutmose III: 1479 – 1425 BC ...
Regardless of their source or target language, all official documents are ineligible for protection in Egypt, including laws, regulations, resolutions and decisions, international conventions, court decisions, award of arbitrators and decisions of administrative committees having judicial competence.
The major surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum erected by Senusret I of Dynasty XII. It still stands in its original position, now within Al-Masalla in El Matareya, Cairo. [2] The 21 m (69 ft) high red granite obelisk weighs 120 tons (240,000 lbs) and is believed to be the oldest surviving obelisk in the world ...
Heliopolis (Egyptian Arabic: مصر الجديدة, Maṣr el-Gedīda, [ˈmɑsˤɾ el ɡɪˈdiːdæ,-eɡ-], lit. "New Egypt") was an early 20th century suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo and is administratively divided into the districts of Masr El Gedida and El Nozha in the Eastern Area. [1]
El Matareya (Arabic: المطرية [el.mɑ.tˤɑ.ˈɾej.jɑ]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, [1] Egypt. The district is unrelated to the coastal town in the Dakahlia Governorate, that is also named El Matareya. The district holds the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt.
Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - Arabic: عين شمس, [ʕeːn ʃæms], Coptic: ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ [1]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. [2] The name means "Eye of the Sun" in Arabic, referring to the fact that the district contained the ruins of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship, and settled since 3100 BCE ...
In October 2003, a presidential decree allocated the Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development a 1,695-acre (6.86 km 2) plot of land in the satellite city of New Cairo, as a compensation for the land that was taken to build the Cairo International Airport. [1] In 2021, and agreement was made for its development as the Heliopark project. [10]
' The Hindu Palace '), is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt. [1] [2] It was built in 1905 for Édouard Empain, Baron Empain, a Belgian businessman and industrialist with particular interests in tramways. [3] [4] The building was inspired architecturally by Hindu temples.